All Good Things Come to an End
The title given to this movement means that it was one season – one ecstasy-filled summer that will forever be looked back upon with nostalgia. But as we know, what goes up must come down, and all good things come to an end. By the autumn of 1967, things started to sour, and a dark side started to loom over the hippies’ dreams of reform.
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The movement turned into a messy, commercialized media spectacle. “Dropping out” became real “Free love” was used to excuse sexual harassment. Moreover, thousands were suffering from serious addictions and mental problems, and there were many who became homeless. San Francisco was becoming flooded with dealers and teenage runaways. The once dream-like Haight-Ashbury scene was becoming more of a nightmare.